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.Dd August 23, 2017
.Dt MLX5IB 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mlx5ib
.Nd "Mellanox ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 LX based 100Gb, 50Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb and 10Gb network adapter driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place these lines in your kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "options COMPAT_LINUXKPI"
.Cd "device mlx5"
.Cd "device mlx5ib"
.Ed
.Pp
To load the driver as a module at run-time,
run this command as root:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
kldload mlx5ib
.Ed
.Pp
To load the driver as a
module at boot time, place this line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
mlx5ib_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for infiniband and Remote DMA over Converged Ethernet,
RoCE, for PCI Express network adapters based on ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 LX.
.br
For further hardware information and questions related to hardware
requirements, see
.Pa http://www.mellanox.com/ .
.Pp
For more information on configuring this device, see
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports 100Gb, 50Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb and 10Gb network adapters.
ConnectX-4 supports: 10/20/25/40/50/56/100Gb/s speeds.
ConnectX-4 LX supports: 10/25/40/50Gb/s speeds (and reduced power consumption):
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Mellanox MCX455A-ECAT
.It
Mellanox MCX456A-ECAT
.It
Mellanox MCX415A-CCAT
.It
Mellanox MCX416A-CCAT
.It
Mellanox MCX455A-FCAT
.It
Mellanox MCX456A-FCAT
.It
Mellanox MCX415A-BCAT
.It
Mellanox MCX416A-BCAT
.It
Mellanox MCX4131A-GCAT
.It
Mellanox MCX4131A-BCAT
.It
Mellanox MCX4121A-ACAT
.It
Mellanox MCX4111A-ACAT
.It
Mellanox MCX4121A-XCAT
.It
Mellanox MCX4111A-XCAT
.El
.Sh SUPPORT
For general information and support,
go to the Mellanox support website at:
.Pa http://www.mellanox.com/ .
.Pp
If an issue is identified with this driver with a supported adapter,
email all the specific information related to the issue to
.Aq Mt freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mlx5en 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 12.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Mellanox Technologies <freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com> .
